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My Personal Testimony
- by ShawnTe Pierce
 
This is not my complete testimony, because quite frankly my lfe in this world is not finished, so there will be many more to come.  However, this is the abridged version of my decision to recommit to Christ.
 
I first accepted Jesus Christ, confessed and repented of my sins back in 2002 after watching a Billy Graham film called A Vow To CherishI did this in the privacy of my home, but I later received Jesus in my church home a the time, so thatI could confess him before men.  Along the way I lost sight of Jesus and God for who they really were.  I began to build them into my own image out of a lack of understandin and out of selfishness. I began to make idols for myself:  my mother, my job, money, men, and sex.  For a while I was doing ok living life this way.  Then as the saying goes all heck began to break loose in my life.  I began sinking into debt, my job causing stress to the point I began having anxiety attacks and my blood pressure rose, I was not able to sustain any meaningful relationship, and I was a stone's throw from being completely homeless.  I still was recognizing that I needed to come back home, so God took away two of my important idols or gods, my job and my money.  I still did not pay attention and continued to do my own thing.  The next thing I realize, I am on my third relationship in less than a year, I have no income, no money period, no means of transportation or communication.  I felt all hope was then.  Then I looked towards the special thing that God did allow to grace my life, my current boyfriend.  I looked at our relationship and realized that I was finally tired of losing.  I cried out to Jesus to save me and he did.  I decided to be celibate, I had no money to tithe so I tithed my time, I read my bible daily, and read a 40 day devotional book called The Purpose Drive Life by Rick Waren.  I also fasted for the first time in my life.  In fact I fasted for twelve hours each day that I read The Purpose Driven Life.  During this time I rebuilt the relationship I once had with Christ and made it much more stronger than before.  The LORD has blessed me with an outpouring of understanding of his Word and I am obeying him by teaching others what he has taught me.  My outward life is not perfect, but God is working it out behind the scenes right now.  Therefore I will continue to live my life by this creed spoken by Joshua in Joshua 24:15 "But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."  As a way for me to measure myself in my walk and to keep myself in check I meditate this scripture, Galatians 6:7-8 "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. People reap what they sow. Those who sow to please their sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; those who sow to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life."  This scripture makes me stop and think, remember where I was, and to refocus on where I am trying to go.
 
Well there you have it!  The somewhat brief summary of my testimony of coming to Christ (again).  I hope it does someone good to read it.  We all need to know that there is hope and that Jesus is always ready to receive us if we receive him.